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samaneh Dalirboostansarai; Mahdieh Rezai; Maryam Larijani; seyedmohammad Shobeyri
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The purpose of this research is to design and validate the model of combined education of educational organizations of the CEPA program for the protection of international wetlands in Sistan and Baluchistan region. In terms of purpose, this research is applied-developmental and in terms of qualitative-quantitative ...
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The purpose of this research is to design and validate the model of combined education of educational organizations of the CEPA program for the protection of international wetlands in Sistan and Baluchistan region. In terms of purpose, this research is applied-developmental and in terms of qualitative-quantitative mixed method with exploratory approach. In the qualitative part, the main components of the model were extracted by combining the IBM blended learning model and the components of the CEPA program. Then, to determine the micro-components, evaluation and summarization of the discourse space was done through the Q method, and 51 Q phrases were selected from among 110 statements by ten experts. Then, the Q questionnaire was given to 19 specialists of the CEPA program through targeted sampling, and the micro-components were prioritized. Structural equation modeling analysis was used to test the model. In the quantitative part, the validation of the questionnaire was done by SPSS 22 and Amos software, and the researcher-made questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha of 91% was available to the participants. Based on the results of the qualitative part, the model includes four main components and 14 key micro-components. According to the results of the quantitative section, the t-statistic values for all factors are higher than the standard absolute value of 1.96. The validation of the research model also showed the significance of the relationships between the variables and the acceptability of the overall fit, and the research questions were suitable explanations. Creating the motivation for participation with the highest factor load was the first priority of the model design. Priority micro-components in the main component of communication and interaction, "educational network development", in education and information, "educational process development" in partnership and cooperation, "participatory and interdepartmental management" and sustainable practical action, jointly, "establishment of the indigenous approach" and "combined use of learner-centered styles" were selected.
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Mehran Farajolahi; simin naghsh
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AbstractThis research is conducted aiming to study the relationship of self-directed learning, information technology and communication and academic motivation with entrepreneur curriculum in distance education. This research in terms of aim is practical, in terms of data collection is quantitative, ...
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AbstractThis research is conducted aiming to study the relationship of self-directed learning, information technology and communication and academic motivation with entrepreneur curriculum in distance education. This research in terms of aim is practical, in terms of data collection is quantitative, and in terms of nature and method is descriptive (non-experimental) and correlative. Statistical population of this research includes students of smart secondary schools of Esfahan city in Academic year of 1395-96 (2016-2017) up to 550 persons. Sampling method is clustered method and 225 persons were selected randomly among of regions of 2, 3, and 5 of Education Administration of Esfahan city using Morgan formula. Library and survey methods were used for data collection. The instruments include researcher made questioners about entrepreneur curriculum of distant education, academic motivation, self directed learning, and ICT. The validity of questionnaires was confirmed by ten professors and experts in this field and its reliability was calculated through alpha Cronbach that was α=0.73. For analyzing data, SPSS software, version 21) was used to present descriptive statistic (including Frequency distribution table, mean, Percentage, and Standard deviation) and inferential statistic (including Pierson Correlation and Regression). The results show that self directed learning, ICT, and academic motivation have positive significant relationship with entrepreneur curriculum of distance education. It also shows that all of three variables of self- directed learning, ICT, and academic motivation are important in preparing entrepreneur curriculum. Academic motivation have maximum importance with β= 0.43 and information technology has minimum importance with β= 0.23.
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majid rabani; Hossein Hafezi; Mahmoud Ekrami; Mohammadreza Sarmadi
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The concept of social presence is defined as the ability of learners to identify the learning community, have a sense of belonging to the community and communicate purposefully in a learning community. The reason for emphasizing the social presence of online learning is that online and virtual learning ...
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The concept of social presence is defined as the ability of learners to identify the learning community, have a sense of belonging to the community and communicate purposefully in a learning community. The reason for emphasizing the social presence of online learning is that online and virtual learning experts believe that social constructivism is an important factor in promoting interpersonal communication and the quality of learning. Given the importance of social presence as an influential variable in the process of virtual education, it is necessary to pay more attention to this issue and its predictors. In this regard, the present study aimed to provide a causal model for predicting social presence based on cognitive presence mediated by the online learning atmosphere. Participants included 265 students of online courses of Payame Noor universities in North Khorasan province in the academic year of 2009-2010 who were selected by cluster random sampling method. In order to measure the research variables, questionnaires of cognitive presence, social presence and online learning atmosphere were used. Amos software and path analysis method were used to evaluate the proposed model. The results showed that, 1-According to the above findings, the proposed model in the RMSEA index (root mean square of estimation errors) does not fit well, so the model was modified by correlating latent variable errors and The results showed that the final model has a good fit; 2-Cognitive presence has a direct, positive and significant relationship with social presence (P≤0.05 and β=0.62); There is a direct, positive and significant relationship between cognitive presence and online learning (P≤0.05 and β= 0.14) and also a direct relationship between online learning atmosphere and social presence is positive and significant (P≤0.05 and β=0.32); 3-In the indirect way, with the presence of mediator variables, the relationship between cognitive presence and social presence was still significant and the online learning atmosphere absorbs part of the effect of cognitive presence on social presence and mediates this relationship in part .
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Robab Rahmati; Amir Karimi; Mahmoud Meidani
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The Iranian Distance Education Journal (IDEJ) is one of the most critical journals in electronic education that publishes articles in the field of distance education. This research aims to review and analyze the content and citations of IDEJ articles. The research method, content analysis, and citation ...
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The Iranian Distance Education Journal (IDEJ) is one of the most critical journals in electronic education that publishes articles in the field of distance education. This research aims to review and analyze the content and citations of IDEJ articles. The research method, content analysis, and citation were done using Excel and SPSS software. The research findings showed that 81 articles were published in 10 issues of this quarterly magazine, from number 1 of volume A to number 2 of volume 4. Findings show that 83 percent were written in groups, the rest were written individually, 54% were university faculty members, and Payam Noor University had the most significant number of authors. Quantitative methods were used more with 66%, the keyword "e-learning" with 14 repetitions had the most extensive range of articles, and three professors from Payam Noor University had the most significant articles. Also, some authors were from Brazil, Nigeria, and Alaska, and women are as active as men. Suggestions were also made to correct the deficiencies and develop the magazine.
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Fatemeh Narenji Thani; Mohammad Reza Keramati; Elnaz Mirshahvalad; اAva Taghavi far; Mohammad Lohrasbi
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The purpose of current study is to explore the critical challenges of e-learning in higher education institutions. The data for this research were collected through a qualitative approach using a descriptive phenomenological method and semi-structured interview tool, then the findings were analyzed by ...
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The purpose of current study is to explore the critical challenges of e-learning in higher education institutions. The data for this research were collected through a qualitative approach using a descriptive phenomenological method and semi-structured interview tool, then the findings were analyzed by Colaizzi's (1978) 7-step method. The research field included 12 academic experts in E-learning at the University of Tehran through purposeful Sampling. The validity of qualitative data, based on the four criteria of Lincoln and Goba (1985) including; credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability and also reliability by re-coding and two coders have been examined and confirmed. The results of the analysis led to exploring142 main concepts, then in the form of 10 critical challenges related to the most components of the educational system including; learner, teacher, technology, financial and information resources, ethical considerations, university culture, classroom leadership, support system, learning effectiveness, and satisfaction of internal stakeholders. Finally, using a systematic approach, the mentioned challenges have been classified into three main dimensions of learning-teaching system such as; input, process, and output.
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Maryam rajabiyan; Rahim Moradi
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E-learning has been extensively integrated into the educational system during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to enhance the quality of education. While introducing numerous benefits and positive impacts, this rapid transition has also posed new challenges that could potentially increase anxiety among ...
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E-learning has been extensively integrated into the educational system during the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to enhance the quality of education. While introducing numerous benefits and positive impacts, this rapid transition has also posed new challenges that could potentially increase anxiety among elementary school teachers. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the relationship between web-based teaching components during the COVID-19 pandemic and anxiety levels among elementary school teachers, providing practical operational solutions. This research is applied in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of methodology. The statistical population of the study included all elementary school teachers in the city of Amol, totaling 750 individuals. A sample of 256 teachers was randomly selected from the city of Amol. Data were collected using the Salmi Anxiety Questionnaire, Abedini Chogordani, Ghasemi Nafchi, and Tabashir (2021), and a researcher-made questionnaire to measure web-based teaching components. The validity of the questionnaires was confirmed through face validity, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was employed to determine the reliability of the research instrument. Data analysis was conducted using Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The findings indicated that the contributions of web-based teaching components, including support and virtual learning infrastructure (169.0), learning and technological complexity (141.0), electronic content production (267.0), and type of course instruction (203.0), were significant predictors of teachers' anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the contribution of the effective assessment component (107.0) was not statistically significant. Virtual education infrastructure, learning technological skills, acquiring content production skills, type of course instruction, were negative predictors of teachers' anxiety during the pandemic. The results of the study revealed a significant negative relationship between some web-based teaching components and anxiety levels. Therefore, it is recommended to reduce teaching anxiety in web-based education by implementing empowerment courses to develop online teaching skills, producing effective content, and fostering technological development in in-service teacher training.
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Zahra Etemad; Siamak Noori; Ali Khatibi
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Due to importance of instructor empowering of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Iran, this paper discussed effective challenges and mechanisms. Therefore, by investigating other studies and collecting data from a questionnaire from instructors of Iran’s TVET, key factors ...
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Due to importance of instructor empowering of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Iran, this paper discussed effective challenges and mechanisms. Therefore, by investigating other studies and collecting data from a questionnaire from instructors of Iran’s TVET, key factors of challenges and mechanisms were identified and confirmed by using expert’s opinion. In the next step, the correlation and effectiveness of each factor were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). In the SEM, the Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) test was used to assess the fit of the proposed model to the investigated data. The obtained results showed that all identified challenges and mechanisms are significant in the 95% level and have the SRMR values 0.095 and 0.048, respectively. Also, the results represented that the most challenges faced to the instructors were limited internet access, software issues, and limited accessibility features. The findings also suggest several mechanisms for strengthening the teacher empowerment system in the context of online education. These mechanisms include training for all, flexible learning options, and development of virtual content. In conclusion, providing training courses for online teachers, creating specific frameworks for online education processes, strategic planning and allocating the required financial resources are among the most important suggestions that can be deduced from this research.
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Mohammad Hadi Zahedi
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Today, online educational platforms are recognized as a vital tool to transfer knowledge and skills in an effective and attractive way. Creating an educational platform in Metaverse is a strategic opportunity to provide educational services to a global and wide community. This educational platform in ...
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Today, online educational platforms are recognized as a vital tool to transfer knowledge and skills in an effective and attractive way. Creating an educational platform in Metaverse is a strategic opportunity to provide educational services to a global and wide community. This educational platform in Metaverse is supposed to provide a multidimensional and interactive space that allows people to access various training courses using virtual reality technology and augmented reality plugins. This platform will be suitable for everyone, from children to adults and from beginners to advanced. Creating an educational platform in Metaverse enables knowledge and skills to be actively transferred to people using new technologies, and in this way, an important step towards the future of education is taken. In order to provide a coherent and comprehensive analysis of metaverse literature in the field of education, this article deals with a deep and organized review of the role of metaverse in this field. By focusing on current and future technologies, along with an analysis of challenges and opportunities, this paper attempts to provide a comprehensive and inclusive perspective. The purpose of this research is to provide a detailed and extensive study of the role and effects of Metaverse in the field of education, so that through the examination and analysis of future perspectives, it will be directed towards the progress and development of educational platforms.
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Ayotunde Atanda Falade; Joy Abosede Peter
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The fusion of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and open educational resources (OER) has brought about a transformative wave in global education, elevating both student engagement and academic performance. Despite these positive strides, persistent challenges such as gender-based technology ...
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The fusion of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and open educational resources (OER) has brought about a transformative wave in global education, elevating both student engagement and academic performance. Despite these positive strides, persistent challenges such as gender-based technology disparities and social factors remain prevalent. The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a catalyst, accelerating the adoption of OER. This study examined availability and accessibility of open educational resources in distance learning centers in Oyo stateA descriptive survey research design was adopted, the study gathered data through a Google Form-based online questionnaire, reaching 500 open educational students across three distance learning centres, 381 valid responses were retained for analysis, which was performed using SPSS software. The findings unveiled that open educational resources were available in distance learning centers, predominantly through e-library platforms. Students possessed access to essential devices and could connect to OER through their centre’s website and free Wi-Fi. A noteworthy negative correlation between resource availability and access was identified. Furthermore, a significant gender-based difference was noted, favouring male students with higher access to OER compared to their female counterparts.The study affirmed the availability of open educational resources in distance learning canters and the students' access to these resources. Recommendations included efforts to enhance availability, improve student access.
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Ehsan Ghorbanian; Nasrin Mohammadhasani; Yousef Mahdavinasab; mahdi rajabi
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of flipped classroom with Jigsaw method on students' learning and academic engagement of seventh grade students in Persian literature course. The method of the present study was experimental and the educational operation was performed in three experimental groups (1- The combination of flipped classroom ...
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of flipped classroom with Jigsaw method on students' learning and academic engagement of seventh grade students in Persian literature course. The method of the present study was experimental and the educational operation was performed in three experimental groups (1- The combination of flipped classroom and jigsaw 2- flipped classroom 3- jigsaw method) and the usual method in the control group for eight sessions. The statistical population of the study was all seventh-grade students of the first secondary school in Karaj, in the academic year of 2020-21. From the statistical population, 100 students were selected voluntarily by available sampling method and randomly assigned to the groups. The research instruments were Zarang Academic Involvement Questionnaire (2012) and researcher-made learning test. ANCOVA, ANOVA and MANCOVA tests were used to analyze the data. The results of the analysis showed that the combination of flipped classroom and jigsaw was effective in promoting learning (sig=0.012) and academic engagement (sig=0.001). The flipped classroom method was not effective in students' learning (sig=0.894) and academic engagement (sig = 0.970). Jigsaw method, not effective in promoting learning (sig = 0.783), but was able to significantly engage learners in educational activities (sig = 0.001).
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Mohsen Ghafarzadeh; Mohamadjavad irandoost
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly with machine learning and deep learning techniques, is revolutionizing human cognitive processes. From increasing accuracy and speed in performing repetitive and complex tasks to improving decision-making processes, AI has made significant strides in various ...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly with machine learning and deep learning techniques, is revolutionizing human cognitive processes. From increasing accuracy and speed in performing repetitive and complex tasks to improving decision-making processes, AI has made significant strides in various fields including healthcare, business, and law. In healthcare, AI is accelerating medical diagnoses, and in business, it serves as a powerful analytical tool, increasing efficiency. In the legal field, it has optimized justice processes by providing public legal education services. The application of AI in teaching and learning processes is also significant; this technology has the potential to personalize the learning experience, provide 24/7 access to knowledge, and assist students in completing assignments with higher quality. Moreover, by providing new opportunities for teachers to optimize teaching content and assessment tools, it enhances their performance. However, there is a need for human oversight and guidance in the application of AI to maintain professional ethics and protect privacy. Ultimately, AI has the potential to have a lasting impact on the future of education by enabling personalized and targeted learning.
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Gholam Ali Montazer; Mahdieh Farazkish
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The concept of distance learning has changed from a choice to a requirement and even a compulsion in educational systems around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Despite the challenges faced by this sudden change, in all countries, including Iran, learning institutions, whether general education ...
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The concept of distance learning has changed from a choice to a requirement and even a compulsion in educational systems around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Despite the challenges faced by this sudden change, in all countries, including Iran, learning institutions, whether general education or higher education, and even skill training institutions, had to turn to e-learning by using the existing educational platforms to keep their education flowing. In this paper, we tried to assess the readiness and capability levels of e-learning systems of the most experienced Iranian Open University, Payam-e-Noor University, during the COVID-19 epidemic. For this purpose, a questionnaire for evaluating the readiness level based on nine criteria and 45 measures and a questionnaire for examining their capability level based on eight criteria and 47 indices have been compiled and distributed among the educational centers of Payam-e-Noor University. Findings indicate that at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the e-learning readiness level of 31 participating centers was weak. In addition, after the crisis period, the e-learning capability level of 15 associated centers is above average. In conclusion, despite the growth of the university's status (from "weak" to "above average" during the two years of the disease epidemic), the educational system, the support system, and the research infrastructure criteria with the weak level score should be urgently paid attention by the planners and policymakers of higher education; As the same way, below average level criteria such as regulatory system, the supervisory system, and learning infrastructure should be on the agenda of rapid improvement and the quality of the administrative system criteria with above average level score should be on the agenda of gradual improvement.
